1 GLT On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city, he has made salvation{ its} walls and ramparts. BSB BSB: In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
2 GLT Open the gates, that the righteous nation, keeper of faith, may enter in. BSB BSB: Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.
3 GLT The mind supported, you guard{ in} peace— peace!— for he trusts in you. BSB BSB: You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.
4 GLT Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh,{ is} an everlasting rock. BSB BSB: Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
5 GLT For he will bring down the inhabitants on high, the fortified city. He will it lay low, he will lay it low to the ground, he will level it to the dust. BSB BSB: For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
6 GLT It will be trampled down{ by} foot, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy. BSB BSB: Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.
7 GLT The way for the righteous{ is} level, Righteous One; the path of the righteous you flatten. BSB BSB: The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
8 GLT Yes,{ in} the path of your judgments, Yahweh, we wait{ for} you; your name and your reputation{ are} the delight of the spirit. BSB BSB: Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
9 GLT With my soul, I have longed for you in the night; Indeed, my spirit within me seeks you earnestly. For when your judgments{ are} on the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. BSB BSB: My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
10 GLT Let the wicked be favored; he will not learn righteousness: In the land of uprightness he acts wickedly and does not see the majesty of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
11 GLT Yahweh,{ when} your hand is lifted up, they do not perceive. Let them see and be ashamed by the zeal for the people, by the fire consuming your adversaries. BSB BSB: O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
12 GLT Yahweh, you will establish peace for us, for you have indeed accomplished all our works for us. BSB BSB: O LORD, You will establish peace for us. For all that we have accomplished, You have done for us.
13 GLT Yahweh our God, lords besides you have ruled us; only by you we recognize your name. BSB BSB: O LORD our God, other lords besides You have ruled over us, but Your name alone do we confess.
14 GLT { They are} dead, they will not live;{ they are} deceased, they will not arise. Indeed, you visited and destroyed them, and eradicated every memory of them. BSB BSB: The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.
15 GLT You have increased the nation, Yahweh, you have increased the nation; you are honored; you have extended all the borders of the land. BSB BSB: You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
16 GLT Yahweh, in distress they visited you{ with} uttered prayers, your discipline{ was} on them. BSB BSB: O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
17 GLT As a pregnant{ woman} nearing birth writhes{ and} cries out in labor pains, so we have been before your face, Yahweh. BSB BSB: As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.
18 GLT We have been pregnant, we have been in labor, as if we have birthed wind. We have not brought salvation to the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen. BSB BSB: We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
19 GLT Your dead will live; their corpses will arise. Awake and sing for joy, dwellers of the dust, for your dew{ is} the dew of light, and the earth will release the dead. BSB BSB: Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
20 GLT Go, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you; hide a little while, until the fury has passed by. BSB BSB: Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
21 GLT For behold, Yahweh is about to come out of his place to charge the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth against it, and the earth will uncover her bloodshed, and will no longer cover over her slain. BSB BSB: For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
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